The local council in Malmö goes to the work committee's publisher and says no to a Stockholm move according to a citizen's proposal. Only the Swedish Democrats voted for a move to the capital. The demand for the statue to leave Malmö came when it was known at the end of November that Malmö FF legend Ibrahimovic had become a new partner in the Stockholm team Hammarby IF.
- No matter what you think about Zlatan's relationship with MFF and his new commitment linked to all Swedish clubs, no one can assume that he has an athletic career and achievement that the Football Association wants to pay tribute to, and that he has a connection to Malmö. I see that many people want to make it visible, says Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh (S), municipal council chairman, to the newspaper.